Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

Showroom At The Berkeley Hotel 1, Wilton Place, SW1X 8RH

Showroom and premises Decided 8 February 2022 CHG100118497 Rabbette Chartered Surveyors - Paul Rabbette

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.

Original RV£152,000£1100/m²

Ratepayer sought£54,000

VO conceded first£106,000−30% before the hearing

Tribunal decided£74,500£1100/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant, a luxury car showroom operator, challenged the 2017 rating list entry of £152,000. The valuation officer reduced it to £106,000, maintaining a Zone A rate of £1,100/m2. The tribunal upheld the Zone A rate as justified by the passing rent and comparable properties in Knightsbridge, but allowed the appellant's claim for additional allowances (5% for shape, 10% for width-to-depth ratio, 10% for step access, plus the agreed 15% for adjacent building works) to reflect the property's physical disabilities and layout constraints, reducing the rateable value to £74,500.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was H R Owen PLC, represented.